FC Tokyo vs Shimizu S-Pulse Prediction & Betting Tips

📏 Form Guide

FC Tokyo

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FC Tokyo will be looking for an improved result here following the 0-1 J1 League defeat last time out to Gamba Osaka.

Ademilson (41') was the scorer for Gamba Osaka.

An interesting characteristic of recent FC Tokyo games is the number of nil scores.

Taking their prior six clashes before this one, in 6 of them a wager on BTTS would have been a loser. We will have to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.

Coming into this clash, FC Tokyo have not been beaten in the league by Shimizu S-Pulse in their last 3 games.

Shimizu S-Pulse

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in J1 League competition, Shimizu S-Pulse will be aiming to make amends here.

For Shimizu S-Pulse, the goals were scored by Júnior Dutra (49') and Yusuke Goto (86'). Tsukasa Morishima (13'), Leandro Pereira (51') and Hayao Kawabe (75') scored for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Illustrating their fondness for fruitful matches, we’ve seen goals 21 times in the previous 6 matches in which Shimizu S-Pulse have played, making it an average of 3.5 goals each clash. Opposing teams have managed 13 from this total.

Coming into this contest, Shimizu S-Pulse are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings going back to 29/10/2017 shows that FC Tokyo have won 4 of these games & Shimizu S-Pulse 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

12 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 for FC Tokyo and 4 coming from Shimizu. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Tokyo

Keigo Higashi (Metatarsal Fracture) and Makoto Okazaki (Knee inflammation) are unavailable for FC Tokyo gaffer Kenta Hasegawa. Leandro will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🗞️ Team News: Shimizu S-Pulse

Shimizu manager Peter Cklamovski has to currently contend with reduced team options. Hideki Ishige (Hamstring Injury), Naoya Fukumori (Ankle Surgery) and Takashi Kanai (Thigh Muscle Strain) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Shimizu S-Pulse have the firepower to put a goal past this FC Tokyo outfit, however it realistically won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our tip is for both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for FC Tokyo at full-time. It should be a decent one.

Renata Leite, 23:12 09/10/2020